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Jay’s Book Talk: Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink

Posted by Jay on January 14, 2021
Categories: Books & More Tags: Book Talk, cloudLibrary, Nonfiction, OverDrive, Self-help

In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to…

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Erica’s Book Talk: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Posted by Erica on January 7, 2021
Categories: Books & More Tags: Adult Fiction, Book Talk, Fantasy, OverDrive, Science Fiction

Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. The books in…

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Melissa’s Book Talk: The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine

Posted by Melissa on December 23, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Adult Fiction, Axis 360, Book Talk, OverDrive, Suspense, Thriller

It’s no secret by now that Melissa from Outreach Services loves thrillers and mysteries. This month, she’s discussing The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine. Though Melissa had mixed feelings about the book, she recommends it for people who want something…

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Melissa’s Book Talk: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

Posted by Melissa on November 25, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Adult Fiction, Book Talk, Historical Fiction, Hoopla, OverDrive, Reading Recommendations, Romance, Staff Picks

In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her destiny and it’s a…

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Melissa’s Book Talk: The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Posted by Melissa on October 22, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Adult Fiction, Book Talk, Mystery, OverDrive, Reading Recommendations, Staff Picks, Suspense, Thriller

A journalist uncovers the dark secrets of an abandoned boarding school in this chilling suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author Simone St. James. Melissa is back with another exciting book talk for you featuring The Broken Girls. If…

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Creating Shelter: Books for Sukkot

Posted by Sarah on September 30, 2020
Categories: Books & More, Children & Tweens Tags: Axis 360, cloudLibrary, Holiday, Hoopla, Jewish, OverDrive, Reading Recommendations

“For those that got away, the answer was ‘wherever.’ Initially, some of them went to Antwerp, and then all over. The correct answer was ‘elsewhere,’ because those who stayed and said, ‘we are modern, secular Austrian citizens, many of us…

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Erica’s Book Talk: “Nothing to See Here” by Kevin Wilson

Posted by Erica on September 3, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Axis 360, Book Talk, Fiction, OverDrive, Readers Advisory, Reading Recommendations

Some people just simply shrug their shoulders when they get mad. Maybe when they are really upset they add a huff. At their worst, they might resort to punching a wall or a water fountain. But in Kevin Wilson’s book,…

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Melissa’s Book Talk: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel

Posted by Melissa on August 27, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Adult Fiction, Book Talk, cloudLibrary, OverDrive, Suspense, Thriller

“Soon after her 25th birthday, Libby Jones finds the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. Not only does she learn the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion…

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Erica’s Book Talk: “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead

Posted by Erica on July 17, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Axis 360, Book Talk, Civil Rights, cloudLibrary, OverDrive, realistic fiction

The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by Colson Whitehead. It was based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university’s investigation….

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Melissa’s Book Talk: “The Perfect Wife” by JP Delaney

Posted by Melissa on June 22, 2020
Categories: Books & More Tags: Axis 360, Book Talk, cloudLibrary, Digital Collection, eAudiobook, eBooks, Mystery, OverDrive, Suspense, Thriller

“A missing woman receives a second chance at life, thanks to her billionaire husband—but the consequences are deadly in this gripping psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before.” If this sounds like it might…

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